Wind
Water Cycle
Clouds
Extreme Weather Effects
Safety in Extreme Weather
100
What is wind?
Wind is the movement of air?
100
What is the water cycle?
How water moves through the earth
100
What are clouds?
Water vapor droplets that condense high in the atmosphere to form clumps of clouds.
100
What is the effect of a hurricane?
strong winds, rain, and rising sea level
100
How can you protect yourself from a hurricane?
Evacuate
put up shutters
have food and water
Don't go outside
200
What causes wind to form?
Hot air molecules rise and push cold air molecules out of the way.
200
What is evaporation?
a. Heat from the sun makes water turn into water vapor and rise into the atmosphere.
b. The water droplets in the clouds become too heavy and fall down to the Earth as rain or snow
c. Water vapor cools down in the atmosphere and forms into clouds.
a. Heat from the sun makes water turn into water vapor and rise into the atmosphere.
200
Which of these things happens during the formation of clouds? (Select all)
Air temperature cools.
Air temperature rises.
Water vapor condenses into droplets of liquid water.
1. Air temperature cools
3. Water vapor condenses into droplets of liquid water.
200
What is the effect of a tornado?
destructive funnel cloud
200
How can you protect yourself from a tornado?
Find an interior room
Cover your head
300
True or false: Cold air rises high into the atmosphere.
False. Hot air rises, cold air sinks.
300
What is condensation?
a. Heat from the sun makes water turn into water vapor and rise into the atmosphere.
b. The water droplets in the clouds become too heavy and fall down to the Earth as rain or snow
c. Water vapor cools down in the atmosphere and forms into clouds.
c. Water vapor cools down in the atmosphere and forms into clouds?
300
During which stage of the water cycle does cloud formation occur?
Condensation
300
What is the effect of a thunderstorm?
wind, rain, and lightning
300
How can you protect yourself from a thunderstorm?
Stay inside
Don't touch anything metal
400
Why is wind important? List as many reasons as you can.
The wind causes changes in the weather.
The wind blows clouds and moisture around.
400
What is precipitation?
a. Heat from the sun makes water turn into water vapor and rise into the atmosphere.
b. The water droplets in the clouds become too heavy and fall down to the Earth as rain or snow
c. Water vapor cools down in the atmosphere and forms into clouds.
b. The water droplets in the clouds become too heavy and fall down to the Earth as rain or snow
400
What else (besides water) has to be present in the air for clouds to form?
Particles of dust or dirt for the water to condense onto.
400
What is the effect of a drought?
Dry conditions that kill plants
400
How can you protect yourself from a flood?
Get to higher ground or the second floor
Don't try to drive or swim in the water.
Evacuate
DON'T GO IN THE WATER
500
What is a prevailing wind?
A pattern of wind that usually blows in a certain direction.
500
What causes the water cycle to happen in the first place?
HEAT
THE SUN
500
What sort of weather should you expect with a nimbostratus cloud? 
Thunderstorm
500
What is the effect of a blizzard?
Heavy blinding snow
500
How can you protect yourself from a blizzard?
Stay indoors
Have heat and food
Wear warm clothes